Maryse Bastié, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Maryse Bastié

French aviator

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1898

Place of Birth: Limoges, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 06-Jul-1952

Profession: aircraft pilot, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Maryse Bastié

  • Maryse Bastié (27 February 1898 – 6 July 1952) was a French aviator who set several international records for female aviators during the 1930s.She was born Marie-Louise Bombec in Limoges, Haute-Vienne; Bastié's father died when she was eleven, and her family struggled to survive.
  • As an adolescent she worked in a shoe factory, money was scarce and an early marriage that failed left her with a child, who died young, and limited means.
  • As a result of her marriage to Louis Bastié, a World War I pilot, she became fascinated by the new phenomenon of powered flight and was determined to become a pilot and to own her own plane.
  • She obtained her license to fly and although her husband was killed in a plane crash (in 1926), Maryse Bastié began doing aerobatics to earn money to keep herself flying and in 1927 purchased her own aircraft, a Caudron C.109.Records set by Maryse Bastié in the 1930s included international records for women in duration flying, distance, and a record time for a solo flight across the South Atlantic.
  • Her performances earned her the Harmon Trophy in 1931.
  • In 1935 she founded her own flying school at Orly Airport.Bastié served in the French Air Force, rising to the rank of Captain while logging more than 3,000 hours' flying time.
  • The government of France made her a Commander of the Legion of Honor.
  • In 1937, she published her story under the title Ailes ouvertes: carnet d'une aviatrice.On 6 July 1952, following a conference in Lyon, Maryse Bastié was killed when her plane crashed during take off.
  • She is buried in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.

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